📅 On This Day in Military History
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The first major land battle of the war shocked Washington spectators who came to watch what they expected to be a quick Union victory. Confederate forces under Beauregard and Jackson routed the Union army, which retreated to Washington in chaos.
Shattered Northern hopes for a quick war. Stonewall Jackson earned his famous nickname here. Lincoln replaced McDowell with McClellan.
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